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Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by eksemplar »

kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

I get this a lot when I’m searching with the “last 24 hours” tag. I’ve done it a bit to see flutter/dart growth over the past few month and I’ll see a headline like “dart this and flutter that” and it’ll send me to a commercial for online gambling...

So it’s not just for pirate sites.

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by cpmouter »

kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

In what parallel reality are the proper owners of the copyright "scam sites"?

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by ddebernardy »

cup-of-tea wrote: post #6
kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

Make DuckDuckGo your default search engine now. Just do it. You won't miss Google.

Has DDG become any better for programming-related searches?

Asking, because last time I tried using it for more than a handful of queries, I ended up jumping back to using Google because searching for obscure programming error messages seldom led anywhere useful.

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by Kiro »

cup-of-tea wrote: post #6
kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

Make DuckDuckGo your default search engine now. Just do it. You won't miss Google.

No thanks. I might just as well use Bing then since that's where DDG get its search results.

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by pcr0 »

cup-of-tea wrote: post #6
kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

Make DuckDuckGo your default search engine now. Just do it. You won't miss Google.

As much as I'd like that to be true, I end up having to use !g in half my searches. It does okay at keyword matching, but can't infer what I'm actually looking for, falls short at finding obscure/niche topics and its pageload speeds are frustrating compared to Google.

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by eps »

cpmouter wrote: post #12
kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

In what parallel reality are the proper owners of the copyright "scam sites"?

In one where a bitter sarcasm is recognized as such.

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by Y_Y »

cpmouter wrote: post #12
kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

In what parallel reality are the proper owners of the copyright "scam sites"?

"Proper Owners"

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by Rjevski »

cpmouter wrote: post #12
kragen wrote: post #5

I often find that Google sends me to scam sites like Elsevier instead of Library Genesis or TPB when what I am searching for can be found there. Is there a better search engine out there that solves this problem?

In what parallel reality are the proper owners of the copyright "scam sites"?

How can you call them proper owners when all the research is funded by public money?

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by Rjevski »

AngryData wrote: post #7

Google has been trash for pirate content for awhile now. 9/10 sites it does show are fake and straight up malicious with like 50 different things trying to hijack your browser and make you install shit. Not that real pirate sites are exactly safe, but at least they actually provide what people are looking for.

I wish that if they’re gonna downrank “good” pirate content then they should do the same (or worse) for the bad/malicious ones.

Whether you’re pro or anti piracy, replacing that content with malware & scams does not make the world a better place.

Re: Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

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Post by cpmouter »

Rjevski wrote: post #18
cpmouter wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In what parallel reality are the proper owners of the copyright "scam sites"?

How can you call them proper owners when all the research is funded by public money?

So change the law or whatever, but as it is, they own the copyright, whether you like it or not. Saying otherwise is at the same level of discourse as using the word "Micro$oft" and similar puerile rubbish.
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